Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy was the spitting image of the Grammy-winning star as she took to the stage for the first night of her much-anticipated Renaissance Tour.
The 11-year-old joined her father Jay-Z to watch the first performance on the superstar’s 53-date tour in Stockholm on Wednesday.
And in a snap circulated by fans on social media, members of the Beyhive noted Blue Ivy’s growing resemblance to her mother as she watched her show unfold.
The post was captioned: ‘Manager Ivy was there to make sure everything was running smooth.’
Despite huge anticipation for Beyonce’s tour, many fans were shocked to see she wasn’t performing many of her signature dance moves.
Like twins! Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy was the spitting image of the Grammy-winning star as she took to the stage for the first night of her much-anticipated Renaissance Tour
Gorgeous! The 11-year-old joined her father Jay-Z watching the first performance on the superstar’s 53-date tour in Stockholm on Wednesday
While famed for her energetic performances, the mother-of-three was decidedly more restrained during her Sweden show, taking more breaks and opening the show with a series of ballads.
Taking to Twitter fans were quick to speculate that she was recovering from an injury – four months after rumors circulated that she underwent secret foot surgery.
The whispers started in January after the singer’s performance in Dubai at Atlantis The Royal opening.
Journalist Garrick Kennedy, who had attended the show, raved about her performance but claimed the singer was recovering from surgery.
A now-deleted tweet read: ‘BEYLANTIS was quite the unexpected show. That voice just gets better and better. Mama was doing her good singing. Mind-blowing to see her and Blue Ivy perform together. Even more in awe to hear she did this after foot surgery.’
While the singer has not confirmed if she underwent any surgery, fans were quick to claim this was the reason for her muted performance.
They tweeted: ‘Beyoncé ain’t moving her foot and leg must still be mash up’; Fantastic opening night. Visually and conceptually her best tour to date. Vocals were moisturized. We gon’ continue praying for your foot, mother @beyonce, but what a great creative spectacle.’
‘beyoncé trying to dance with only half a foot’; ‘Beyoncé can take my foot I don’t need it fr’; Beyoncé performing THIQUE. You can tell her she’s being extra careful with her foot (probably doc orders). With that said, kindly keep your unrealistic ideals/standards to yourself. ❤️’
Watching on! And in a snap circulated by fans on social media, members of the Beyhive noted Blue Ivy’s growing resemblance to her mother as she watched her show unfold
A bit more low key! While famed for her energetic performances, the mother-of-three was decidedly more restrained during her Sweden show, taking more breaks
‘I think Beyoncé foot still not working.. she ain’t dance yet’; ‘beyoncé trying to dance with only half a foot’; ‘I might get into a religion just to pray for Beyoncé and her foot because there’s no way. I can see her trying not to go too hard.’
‘how many times are we gonna have to repeat that beyonce had foot surgery and that it takes time to heal’; ‘I think Beyonce foot still not working… she ain’t dance yet’; ‘Yea… there is something DEFINITELY wrong with Beyonce’s foot. She isn’t moving or dancing as much as she usually does. She still performs her a** off though.’
MailOnline has contacted Beyonce’s representatives for comment.
Despite fans being upset by the lack of dance moves, she still wowed the critics, with The Guardian‘s Malcolm Jack giving the show a five star rating, claiming ‘Queen Bey’s first solo headline tour in seven years is a lavish leap forward for live entertainment, dripping with sci-fi disco decadence, sex and Black pride.’
The New York Times‘ Alex Marshall praised the singer for her LGBT positive performance, noting: ‘Beyoncé played into those connections throughout the show, nodding to the ballroom and vogueing culture that inspired “Renaissance” at the end of the night by giving the stage over to her dancers , who tried to outperform each other to rousing cheers.’
Yet he observed: ‘But for one of pop’s ultimate dancing queens, Beyoncé’s performance was far less physical than on past tours. She often seemed to keep her feet stationary while shaking her upper body, and appeared to favor one leg. She spent much of one song sitting atop a prop.’
During the performance, Beyonce stunned in an array of incredible outfits, including a glitzy black and silver jumpsuit as she wowed the crowds at the Friends Arena.
Holding on: The superstar kicked off her 53-show tour in Stockholm on Wednesday but attendees were shocked to see she wasn’t performing many of her signature dance moves
Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour could out-earn Taylor Swift’s phenomenally successful Eras Tour by a whopping $600million, Forbes has revealed.
The Crazy In Love hitmaker began her first solo tour in seven years on Wednesday – with the star set to do battle with 33-year-old Swift’s 52 date concert tour, which broke Ticketmaster records with single day sales of two million.
However, Queen Bey’s 41 date tour, which ends in North America in September, could gross between $275 million and $2.57 billion from tickets alone – which smashes The Eras Tour’s $1.9billion projection.
Therefore, billionaire Beyonce could make nearly $2.2 billion from the tour, $600million more than the $1.6 billion Swift could earn.